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  • How Apple has adapted iOS and MacOS for accessibility: 2021

    Adam Tweed | 03 Jun 2021
    Apple updates include answering incoming calls on the Apple Watch by clenching your hand, control a workout with a pinch and move your wrist to move an on-screen cursor. 
  • How AI is improving captions and audio

    Adam Tweed | 25 May 2021
    Captions for noisy crunching, captions for uncaptioned content and a Krisp.ai to quiet things down a bit...
  • Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

    Adam Tweed | 11 May 2021
    The theme of this years Mental Health Awareness Week is 'nature' and we've picked a selection of apps to help and encourage you to enjoy nature from wherever you are.
  • Auto captions come to Chrome

    Adam Tweed | 30 Mar 2021
    Live captioning is now available to everyone using a Google Chrome browser.
  • Unblocking the power of Android: Google's Action Blocks

    Adam Tweed | 16 Dec 2020
    Help relatives and friends unlock the power of their Android phones using Google's Action Blocks.
  • My watch told me I have a leak

    Adam Tweed | 09 Nov 2020
    Google brings environmental sound notifications to Wear OS allowing your watch to notify you if it hears something you might not have.
  • Google and the live caption give and take

    Adam Tweed | 12 Aug 2020
    This week saw Google release a great new feature for the Pixel phone allowing for the captioning of phone conversations in real time, but at the same time saw them cancelling the much-used accessibility feature of community captioning on the Google-owned YouTube platform.
  • What is the best learning style for you?

    Adam Tweed | 02 Jun 2020
    If you have begun to explore the world of online learning as a means of exercising your mind during Covid-19 lockdown, our suggestions might be of interest.
  • Five ways to approach online learning during lockdown and beyond

    Adam Tweed | 20 May 2020
    How to avoid stress overload and focus on value-adding training.
  • Kindness, Mental Health and Global Accessibility Awareness

    Adam Tweed | 20 May 2020
    A discussion of the parallels between the philosophy of kindness and the goals of accessibility.
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